A guide to turnpike road records at Durham Record Office.
Introduction
This guide provides details of the turnpike trusts which existed in County Durham and the part of the North Riding of Yorkshire which became part of Durham in 1974. It includes the dates of the Acts of Parliament which authorised their operations and lists relevant records held in Durham Record Office.
Maintenance of The King’s Highway was the responsibility of parish authorities until around 1700. Turnpike Trusts then took over the construction and maintenance of major roads, until the creation of local Highway Boards in 1878 (and then County Councils in 1889).
The Record Office holds a set of local Acts of Parliament from 1798 in its reference library.
Turnpike roads, A to C
| Turnpike Roads, Acts of Parliament and Records | Catalogue reference |
|---|---|
| Allendale | |
| from Allenheads to Cowshill [B6295] | |
| Acts: 1826, 1853, 1875 | |
| Deposited plan, 1825 | Q/D/P 20 |
| Bishopwearmouth and Norton | |
| from Bishopwearmouth (Sunderland) to Norton (Stockton) [A19] | |
| Acts: 1789, 1811, 1832, 1875 | |
| Deposited plan, 1831 | Q/D/P 42 |
| Sale of tollhouse sites, 1873-1877 | Q/D/B 1 (pp.438-446) |
| Boroughbridge, Catterick and Piercebridge | |
| from Boroughbridge to Catterick to Piercebridge [A1, B6275] | |
| Acts: 1742, 1749, 1784, 1803, 1825, 1862, 1875 | |
| Act, 1742 | D/St/X2/1 |
| Boroughbridge, Darlington and Durham | |
| from Boroughbridge to Northallerton to Croft Bridge to Darlington to Durham [A167] | |
| Acts: 1745, 1749, 1792, 1801, 1812, 1832, 1868, 1871 | |
| Mortgage bond, 1746 | D/X 107/1 |
| Toll lease bond, 1761 | D/X 107/2 |
| Resolutions concerning possible amalgamation, 1822 | D/HH 2/16/202 |
| Letter relating to dividend payments, 1825 | D/X 107/6 |
| Deposited plan of improvements, 1831 | Q/D/P 39 |
| Receipts for repayment of capital, 1843/1848 | D/X 107/7-8 |
| Plan (Entercommon to Darlington), n.d. | D/X 107/30 |
| Plan (Northallerton to Croft Bridge), n.d. | D/X 107/31 |
| Plan (Northallerton to Darlington), n.d. | D/X 107/33 |
| Sale of tollhouse sites, 1871-1872 | Q/D/B 1 (pp.418-419) |
| Bowes and Brough | |
| from Bowes to Brough [A66] | |
| Acts: 1743, 1769, 1791, 1813, 1862, 1867, 1873 | |
| Bowes and Sunderland Bridge | |
| from Bowes to Barnard Castle to Staindrop to Bishop Auckland to Sunderland Bridge (Croxdale) [A67, A688, B6288] | |
| Acts: 1748, 1756, 1792, 1813, 1816, 1870 | |
| Act, 1748 | D/Sa/X 108 |
| Acts, 1756/1792/1813 | D/St/X 2/5 |
| Mortgages of tolls, 1748-1846 | D/HH 10/18/83-96 |
| Accounts, 1770-1871 | RD/BC 33 |
| Orders for obtaining gravel, 1796/1824 | D/Sa/E 985-986 |
| Parliamentary bill, 1813 | D/X 606/5 |
| Act, 1813 | D/HH 10/18/1 |
| Legal case papers, 1818-1871 | D/HH 10/18/176-207,212 |
| List of trustees, [1822] | D/HH 2/16/201 |
| Minutes, 1823-1870 | RD/BC 32 |
| Receipts and payments, 1823-1854 | D/HH 10/18/67 |
| Financial records, 1827-1868 | D/HH 10/18/68-82 |
| Plans, [c.1837-c.1859] | D/HH 10/18/208-211 |
| Affidavits concerning repair of road, 1839 | D/HH 10/18/648 |
| Leases of tollgates, 1857-1867 | D/HH 10/18/14-66 |
| Notices of meetings of trustees and lettings of tollgates,1857-1869 | D/HH 10/18/2-13 |
| Miscellaneous correspondence, 1857-1863 | D/HH 10/18/103-175 |
| Notices of lettings of tollgates, 1863-1866 | RD/BC 34 |
| Sales of property and abolition of trust, 1866-1870 | D/HH 10/18/97-102 |
| Brough and Middleton Bridge | |
| from Brough to Middleton Bridge (Middleton in Teesdale) [B6276]; also Chapel House (Laithkirk) to Eggleston Bridge [B6277, B6281] | |
| Acts: 1817, 1853, 1854, 1873 | |
| Act, 1817 | D/HH 10/18/213 |
| Miscellaneous correspondence, 1845-1871 | D/HH 10/18/303-310 |
| Leases of tollgates, 1851-1872 | D/HH 10/18/216-236 |
| Notices of meetings, 1853/1873 | D/HH 10/18/214-215 |
| Mortgage debt, 1853-1854 | D/HH 10/18/242-273 |
| Statements of income and expenditure, 1868-1874 | D/HH 10/18/237-241 |
| Sales of property and abolition of trust, 1873-1874 | D/HH 10/18/274-302 |
| Catterick Bridge and Durham | |
| from Catterick Bridge to Yarm to Stockton to Sedgefield to Durham [A135, A177] | |
| Acts: 1742, 1746, 1753, 1789, 1810, 1830, 1861, 1862, 1862, 1875 | |
| Bill, [1752] | D/St/X2/4 |
| Sales of tollhouse sites, 1878 | Q/D/B 1 (pp.447-448,450-452) |
| Cockerton Bridge and Staindrop | |
| from Cockerton Bridge (Darlington) to Staindrop [B6279] | |
| Acts: 1793, 1814, 1835 | |
| Mortgage bond, 1794 | D/X 107/4 |
| Plan, c.1800 | D/XP 165 |
| Appointment of surveyor, 1822 | D/HH 10/18/652 |
| Order book, 1823-1835 | D/DL 4 |
| Balance sheet, 1829 | D/XD 16 |
| Cumberland | |
| from Burtryford (Burtree Ford, Cowshill) to Alston (A689) | |
| Acts: 1794, 1815, 1824, 1853 | |
| Deposited plan, 1823 | Q/D/P 11 |
Turnpike roads, D to O
| Turnpike Roads, Acts of Parliament and Records | Catalogue reference |
|---|---|
| Darlington and Barton Lane End | |
| from Angel Inn at Darlington to Barton Lane End (Middleton Tyas) [C-road Stapleton Bank] | |
| Acts: 1831, 1862, 1863, 1876 | |
| Minute book, 1831-1873 | D/XD 60 |
| Darlington and Cockerton Bridge United | |
| Formed by amalgamation of Darlington & West Auckland and Cockerton Bridge & Staindrop Trusts | |
| Acts: 1835, 1873 | |
| Sale of tollhouse sites, 1873 | Q/D/B 1 (pp.423-428, 431‑432, 435-437) |
| Darlington and West Auckland | |
| from Darlington to West Auckland [A68] | |
| Acts: 1751, 1756, 1795, 1814 | |
| Bill, 1755 | D/St/X 2/6 |
| Miscellaneous papers (inc. mortgages), 1752‑1820 | D/DL 4 |
| Mortgage bond, 1794 | D/X 107/4 |
| Appointment of surveyor, 1822 | D/HH 10/18/654 |
| Derwent and Shotley Bridge | |
| from Axwell Park (Blaydon) to Shotley Bridge [A694] | |
| Acts: 1833, 1865, 1866, 1885 | |
| Deposited plan, 1832 | Q/D/P 47 |
| Durham and Shotley Bridge | |
| from Durham to Lanchester to Shotley Bridge [A691] | |
| Acts: 1810, 1831, 1865 | |
| Deposited plan, 1830 | Q/D/P 35 |
| Letter relating to ejection of collector at Lanchester, 1869 | D/X 571/2/38 |
| Durham and Tyne Bridge | |
| from Durham to Tyne Bridge (Gateshead) [A167] | |
| Acts: 1746, 1753, 1773, 1813, 1824, 1871 | |
| Financial statements, 1830-1835 | D/HH 2/16/47 |
| Deposited plan of proposed alterations, 1809 | Q/D/P 2a |
| Gateshead and Hexham | |
| from Gateshead to Ryton to Dilston [C-road to Swalwell, B6317] | |
| Acts: 1777, 1799, 1820, 1854, 1855, 1871 | |
| Act, 1793 | D/Br/E 334 |
| Plan, 1798 | D/St/X 2/8 |
| Correspondence: contribution by Stella Coal Co. to upkeep, 1866 | NCB01/JS 27(65-67) |
| Gatherley Moor, Staindrop and Winston | |
| from Gatherley Moor (West Gilling) to Staindrop [B6274]; also Smallways (Newsham) to Winston [C-road Lanehead Lane, Girlington Bank, Ovington Lane] | |
| Acts: 1761, 1782, 1803, 1825, 1863, 1864 | |
| Bill and related papers, 1760‑1761 | D/St/X 2/7 |
| Lobley Hill and Burtryford | |
| from Lobley Hill (Dunston) to Burtryford (Burtree Ford, Cowshill) [A692, B6168, B6296, A689]; also Bryan's Leap (Burnopfield) to Blackhedley (Carterway Heads) [B6310, B6278]; also Wolsingham to Durham [A689, A690] | |
| Acts: 1793, 1814, 1837, 1872 | |
| Reports and accounts, 1872-1874 | D/X 75/38 |
| Middleton and Bowes | |
| from Middleton Tyas to Gatherley Moor (West Gilling) to Greta Bridge to Bowes [A66] | |
| Acts: 1744, 1771, 1792, 1814, 1862, 1875 | |
| Act, 1744 | D/St/X 2/2 |
| Middleton-in-Teesdale and Eggleston or Eggleston Coal Road | |
| from Middleton-in-Teesdale to Edge (Wackerfield) [B6282, Esperley Lane]; also Eggleston to Eggleston Bridge [B6281] | |
| Acts: 1792, 1808, 1829, 1860, 1882 | |
| Acts, 1808/1829 | D/St/X 2/10 |
| Agreement for repair of road, 1814 | D/HH 10/18/651 |
| List of trustees, [1822] | D/HH 2/16/201 |
| Application for Act, 1828‑1829 | D/HH 10/18/311‑312 |
| Purchase of land, 1841 | D/HH 10/18/656 |
| Minutes of meeting, 1841 | D/HH 2/16/204 |
| Act, 1869 | D/X 339/6 |
Turnpike roads, P to Z
| Turnpike Roads, Acts of Parliament and Records | Catalogue reference |
|---|---|
| Piercebridge and Tudhoe Lane End | |
| from Piercebridge to Kirk Merrington to Tudhoe Lane End (Spennymoor/Tudhoe) [B6275, C-roads, B6288] | |
| Act: 1748 | |
| Plan (Piercebridge to Royal Oak tollgate), n.d. | D/X 107/32 |
| South Shields and Vigo Lane | |
| from South Shields to White Mere Pool (Wardley Park, Heworth) to Vigo Lane (Birtley) [A194]; also Jarrow Slake (Templetown) to East Boldon [B1302, B1298] | |
| Acts: 1826, 1853, 1854, 1869 | |
| Deposited plans, 1823/1824/1825 | Q/D/P 12,16,21 |
| Report on tollgates in South Shields, 1866 | D/X 189/1 (iv) |
| Staindrop and Greta Bridge | |
| from Staindrop to Whorlton to Greta Bridge [C-roads] | |
| Act: 1829 | |
| Deposited plan, 1828 | Q/D/P 32 |
| Establishment of trust, construction of bridge/roads, 1828-1830 | D/HH 10/18/314-371 |
| Correspondence, 1828‑1830 | D/HH 10/18/552-626,649 |
| Act, 1829 | D/HH 10/18/313 |
| Statements of income/expenditure; balance sheets, 1829-1844 | D/HH 10/18/372-387 |
| Accounts and vouchers, 1829‑1844 | D/HH 10/18/411-551 |
| Leases of tollgates, 1830‑1848 | D/HH 10/18/388-410 |
| Minutes of concerning letting of tollgates, 1832 | D/HH 10/18/655 |
| Photograph of toll board, n.d. | D/Ph 281 |
| Stanhope and Shotley | |
| from Stanhope to Edmondbyers to Greenhead (Carterway Heads) [B6278] | |
| Acts: 1815, 1853, 1873 | |
| Stockton and Barnard Castle | |
| from Stockton to Darlington to Barnard Castle [A67] | |
| Acts: 1747, 1749, 1753, 1805, 1825, 1863, 1864, 1873 | |
| Mortgages, 1747‑1827 | D/DL 4 |
| Complaint against trustees, 1748 | Q/S/OB 10 (pp.114-115) |
| Appointment of trustee, 1757 | D/Lo/F 304 |
| Appointment of surveyor, 1822 | D/HH 10/18/653 |
| List of trustees, [1822] | D/HH 2/16/201 |
| Balance sheets, 1822/1824/1829 | D/DL 4 |
| Notices of meeting of trustees, 1825 | D/X 107/5/1-2 |
| Sale of tollhouse sites, 1873 | Q/D/B 1 (pp.429-430,433-434) |
| Sunderland and Durham | |
| from Sunderland to Durham [A690] | |
| Acts: 1747, 1768, 1789, 1811, 1831, 1867 | |
| Bill and Act, 1746/1747 | D/St/X 2/3 |
| Wearmouth Bridge and Tyne Bridge | |
| from Wearmouth Bridge (Sunderland) to Tyne Bridge (Gateshead) [A1018, A184] | |
| Acts: 1796, 1818, 1839, 1870 | |
| Sale of tollhouse sites, 1870-1871 | Q/D/B 1 (pp.394-400,402-403) |
| West Auckland or Corbridge | |
| from West Auckland to Elishaw (Ovingham) [A68] | |
| Acts: 1792, 1813, 1833, 1869 | |
| Letter relating to road, 1789 | D/Lo/F 823 |
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